The European recycling arm of the Canadian paper company has moved on from its origins as Cheshire Recycling, the supplier of recovered paper for the company's Bridgewater newsprint mill.
 Team reshuffle: (left to right) Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe's Pat Kilkoyne, Ron Humphreys, Amanda Kelly, Peter Mansfield and David Jaffa |
As Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe, the Ellesmere Port-based organisation has moved on from its paper-only origins to run recycling services for all materials working with the End User Consortium of reprocessors.
Managing director Ron Humphreys said: “This extensive reorganisation of our business will enable us better to cope with continued expansion as we enter the next phase of our development.”
Team
Under Mr Humphreys, the team will see Peter Mansfield stepping up to head a new team devoted to the expansion of existing local authority recycling schemes. As business planning manager, Mr Mansfield will also identify and develop new business for Abitibi.
David Jaffa – previously area manager for the Midlands – will take over Mr Mansfield's old position as operations manager.
Area managers Ian Halson and Christ Demetriou transfer to the team as business managers, while area managers Jacqui Owens and Lennie Corrigan respectively take on regional management responsibility for the south and north.
Commercial and marketing manager Pat Kilcoyne heads an expanded team to manage the growing press room tonnage and export markets business, while accounts and administration manager Amanda Kelly completes the management team.
”Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe today is a very different business from the old Cheshire Recycling that introduced the paper bank system into the UK. “
– Ron Humphreys, Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe
Different
Commenting on the reorganisation, Mr Humphreys said: “Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe today is a very different business from the old Cheshire Recycling that introduced the paper bank system into the UK. While we continue to source and supply all the used newspapers and magazines that provides the raw material for our Bridgewater newsprint mill, under the auspices of the End User Consortium we also collect glass, cans, textiles, plastics and green waste, providing a one-stop shop to our local authority partners.”
Abitibi has now introduced its Paper Retriever programme to UK schools and other non-for-profit organisations to increase the collection of paper in the UK (see letsrecycle.com story). Mr Humphreys said the scheme now had 300 containers in place around the UK with more participants joining the scheme “all the time”.
Exports
Other success had come from collections of press room waste and the export of materials for reprocessing abroad, the Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe managing director said.
Mr Humphreys said: “Collections of press room waste are undergoing tremendous expansion, as is our export business, which sees us supplying mills in the Far East and elsewhere with high quality feedstock coming from our source segregated collections in the UK.”
He added: “This extensive reorganisation of our business will enable us better to cope with continued expansion as we enter the next phase of our development.”
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